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Hotline Forum Volunteer
What you’ll do:
Respond to anonymous posts submitted by individuals struggling with eating disorders or body image. Your role is to provide thoughtful, non-judgmental support and validate their experiences through written replies. You’ll be trained on tone, ethics, and boundaries using our volunteer guide.
Why it matters:
This forum offers a rare space where people can open up without fear of being dismissed. Volunteers help ensure every submission is met with compassion and care.
Recovery Library Volunteer
What you’ll do:
Submit written pieces (personal or others' stories, poetry, reflections, or resource roundups) that support recovery and identity rebuilding. Submissions can be one-time or ongoing. Anonymous and non-anonymous entries are both welcome.
Why it matters:
The Recovery Library offers tangible, human insight into what healing looks like from the inside. It’s a space for honest storytelling that encourages readers to keep going.
Hospital Campaign Volunteer
What you’ll do:
Write letters, design affirmation cards, or help collect and assemble care kits to be delivered to eating disorder treatment centers. Volunteers can participate independently or as part of a coordinated local effort.
Why it matters:
Many patients in inpatient or residential care never receive outside mail or support. These small items, when thoughtfully made, can have a lasting emotional impact.
Start a Chapter
TEI chapters enable volunteers to lead local initiatives through hospital campaigns, special projects, or both. Individuals applying as Recovery Library Volunteers, Hotline Forum Volunteers, or a Social Media Manager (application on Idealist) are automatically part of TEI.
Those interested in hospital campaign volunteering may apply through the same volunteer forms and Idealist; applicants will be connected to an existing regional chapter if one exists or join the core TEI team remotely.
Individuals interested in starting a TEI chapter must read the Chapter Guidelines and then complete the chapter application form below. Applicants will choose their intended focus: special projects, hospital campaigns, or both.
Chapter leaders oversee their own initiatives and social media with support from the core TEI team. Forming a chapter board is encouraged but not required. Each chapter is required to complete at least one initiative every two months and publish one related social media post. More information will be sent out to accepted chapter applicants!